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BYRNE 
SIMPLIFIED  SHORTHAND 


BY 
HENRY    EDWARD   BYRNE 

TVLER.  TEXAS 


SEVENTH  EDITION 


BYRNE  PUBLISHING  COMPANY 

TYLER,  TEXAS 


Copyrighted  1897 
By  HENRY  EDWARD  BYRNE 


Copyrighted  1900 
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Copyrighted  1902 
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Copyrighted  1903 
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Copyrighted  1905 
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Copyrighted  1908 
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I  PREFACE 


23  No  apology   need   be   offered   for   this,    the    seventh   edition   of 

"^      Byrne  Simplified    Shorthand.        The   history   of    the    pist    proves 

that    the    wonderful    simplicity,     legibility,    and    rapidity    of    the 
J?      system  is  highly  appreciated. 

il  By  the    discovery    of    new    principles,    never    before    used,    the 

5       author     has     been      able       to    avoid    much    of     the    onjectionable 

material    heretofore     used    in     shorthand     writing,     and     produce 

a  more  simple,  legible,  and  rapid  system. 
kj  THE    AUTHOR 

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FIRST  LESSON 

ALPHABET 

Practice  the  alphabet  carefully,  until  you  have  it  thoroughly  memo- 
rized 

The  following  letters  are  stnick  upward  / 


B 


^  q)     h  y  J  J   Q    (    S    I    U-^Z/ 


Some  of  the  letters  are  made  alike,  with  the  exception  that  one  is 
siiuck  upward  and  the  other  downward  The  letters  struck  upward  are 
distinguished  from  those  struck  downward  by  the  letter  foUowmg  them 
bcm^  jomed  at  the  top,  or  by  context 

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A  /o  \     E    I    F.— vG/7    T  ^     K    /   L  >^_^M 

NN     0\    P^  ROT-^V^     W(^XC/Y>^ 


The  right  side  of  vertical  and  slanting  straight  lines,  the  insitle  of  curved 
lines,  and  the  underside  of  M  is  the  natural  side,  and  the  opposite,  the 
unnatural 


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SECOND  LESSON 

VOWEL   POSITIONS 

The  first  letter  used  in  writing  a  word  should  be  placed  on  the  position  of 
the  first  vowel  "sound  following  it,  unless  the  letter  be  Q.  As  Q  is  always 
followed  by  U,  the  Q  character  stands  for  QU,  and  should  be  written  on 
the  first  vowel  position  following  the  QU.  The  vowels  A,  E,  I,  O,  and  U 
are  represented  by  position,  as  shown  in  the  following  illustration.  The 
letter  H  placed  on  A  position  gives  the  sound  of  H  and  A,  or  HA.  II 
placed  on  E  position  gives  the  sound  of  H  and  E,  or  HE. 


O  TT  ho.  ,   '^  mo_.,    so, 


WORD   SIGNS 

A  word  sign  is  an  abbreviated  outline  u.sed  to  represent  a  word.  The 
signs  for  A,  THE,  I,  O,  OH!,  YOU,  LITTLE,  HAVE,  TAKE,  and  GIVE, 
sJiould  be  written  on  position,  as  shown  in  the  following  list.  The  word 
signs  IF,  AND,  OF,  and  BEFORE,  also  all  words  beginning  with  a  vowel, 
and  containing  no  other  vowel,  should  be  joined  to  a  preceding  word,  if 
the  joining  be  plain.  If  the  joining  is  not  plain,  they  should  be  written 
on  E,  or  natural  position,  xuiless  followed  by  A,  I,  or  YOU,  in  which 
case  they  should  be  written  on  the  position  of  the  word  following,  thus 
indicating  the  two  words  with  one  stroke.  YOU  should  be  joined  to  the 
unnatural  side;  THE  to  the  natural  side,  and  A  may  be  joined  to  cither 
side,  providing  the  joining  be  plain.  HAVE  and  AND  should  be  struck 
upward;  TAKE,  IF,  and  OF  are  struck  downward. 


a     K 

the 

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you 

little 

have       / 

take 

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give 

• 

N-:-^' 

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THIRD  LESSON 

A  ditto  mark  is  used  to  separate  sentences. 

Drop  all  silent  letters  and  make  your  outlines  as  short  and  light  as 
pouibi*. 


WRITmG  EXERCISF 

Give  me  mi  little  ho  and  se  me  ho  the  ri.  If  you  go  before  I  do, 
give  mi  pa  to  Jo.  If  1  take  Ma,  you  ma  go  before  da  to  se  Lu.  Give 
me  mi  ti  if  you  go  to  da.     Oh  I  ma  have  to  give  you  a  little  of  mi  ri. 


FOURTH  LESSON 

Make  a  dot  on  the  end  of  V  and  Y,  and  make  all  other  letters  one- 
half  their  regular  size  or  length  to  add  T,  D,  or  TH.  Make  a  dot  on  th« 
end  of  a  character  to  pdd  a  second  T  or  D,  or  TT,  DD,  TD,  Dl. 

Use  S  for  soft  C,  and  K  for  hard  C. 


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WRITING  EXERCISE 
Nat,  do  not  et  fat  met;   if  you  do  I  ma  hit  you.     I  votd  before  Pat 
got  mi  hat.     Nat  hit  the  kat  and  put  Ned  out  of  the  vat.     Se  mi  ti;   it 
ma  not  fad  if  you  put  it  wa.     Both  Kat  and  Jo  hatd  to  take  the  bat  to 
the  pit.  ^ 

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FIFTH  LESSON 

Make  V,  Y,  and  Z  a  little  longer  than  the  letter  A,  and  make  all  other 
letters  one-fourth  their  regular  size  or  length,  to  add  M,  N,  or  L.  To 
add  a  T,  D,  or  TH  following  an  M,  N,  or  L.  make  a  dot  on  the  end  of  the 
character. 

WRITING  EXERCISE 

The  man  kam  horn  with  a  hat  in  a  little  red  box.  A  man  fel  out  of 
the  bot,  and  Jon  divd  to  the  botm  of  the  se  to  get  him.  I  ran,  but  al  in 
van,  he  kot  me  before  I  got  to  the  end  of  the  Ian.  The  man  wil  yel  til 
you  get  h.'m  out  of  jal. 


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SIXTH  LESSON  ''<1^y^ 

CONTRACTED  OUTLINES  /^ 

A  contraction  is  two  sounds  represented  hy  a  sign,  to  which  all  niles         '^ ^ 
may  be  applied  the  fame  as  to  the  letters  of  the  alphabet.     TW,  DW, 
and  SW  are  made  alike,  as  context  always  brings  out  the  right  word. 

sh     y       ch         0       wh      <P^       th      o         sk  P 

8Q    3>     sp   C        •*'t    C     «w    <=>    dw    o    tw  c=> 

WRITING  EXERCISE 

Kom  before  nit  and  se  the  swan  swim  in  the  pon.  jvom  and  I  wil  sho 
you  that  gold  chan  of  min.  Do  you  se  the  mun  in  the  ski?  \\Tien  you 
se  the  chil  squal,  give  me  the  bal  cf  twin  and  I  wil  ti  it.  Do  you  tpi  the 
man  on  thp  hil?     Do  you  stil  dwel  with  him? 

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SEVENTH  LESSON 

WRITING  EXERCISE 

Oh!  Jon,  .se  the  little  man  with  mi  icd  hat.  lie  wil  go  to  the  aity  with 
it  on,  auJ  I  wil  njt  go  with  him.  The  fat  man  wii  take  him  m  the  sla; 
he  wont  koiu  hom  before  nit.     He  wii  have  a  fin  tim  whil  in  the  sity 


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EIGHTH  LESSOK 

Shade  a  characcer  at  the  ending  to  add  R,  and  shade  full  length  to  add 
S.  To  add  a  following  R  or  S,  fiiake  a  small  circle  on  the  natural  side. 
To  avoid  making  the  signs  for  dollars  and  cents,  wi^"  dollars  above  the 
Line,  *nd  cents  below  the  line. 


WRITING  EXERCK.S 

Mr.  Brus  of  Pars  is  in  the  sity.  We  her  that  he  wil  go  into  the  gran 
bisns,  and  wil  invs  $4520.60.  Mr.  Brus  is  a  fin  man  and  we  ar  plesd  to 
have  him  with  us.  He  has  ben  in  the  gran  bi.sns  for  ycrs,  and  we  ar  sur 
that  he  wil  do  wel  her. 


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NINTH   LESSOHf 

Use  a  large  circle  on  the  natural  side  of  a  cha.racter  ending  to  add  SH 
or  CH.  These  circles  may  be  made  half  size  to  add  T,  D,  or  TH,  or  quarter 
nxe  to  add  M,  N,  or  L. 


WRITING  EXERCISE 

Mi  techr  and  I  wil  go  to  the  branch  to  fish  for  perch.  I  wish  you  kud 
go  and  fish  with  us ;  we  wUd  kach  a  bushl  of  fish.  Ther  is  a  pach  of  pechs 
ner  the  branch.  Sun  we  wil  go  to  the  bech  and  wach  the  wavs  wash  the 
ahor. 


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TENTH  LESSON 

A  hook  may  bo  made  on  the  unnatural  side  of  a  letter  to  add  K,  and 
a  loop  to  add  C].  All  hocks  or  loops  may  be  n  ide  half-size  to  add  a  fol- 
lowing T,  D,  or  TH,  or  quarter-size  to  add  M,  K   or  L. 

Where  an  abbreviated  outline  does  not  how  definitely  the  word 
intended  and  c-ial-jxt  does  not  make  the  mean  f,  clear,  make  the  outline 
in  full. 


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WRITING  EXERCISE 

The  big  blak  dog  dug  a  hoi  klos  to  the  pik.  A  man  sed  he  wud  give 
a  $25  chek  for  the  big  blak  hog.  Jak  iiks  to  mak  his  dog  bark  at  Jake. 
The  man  rold  a  big  log  from  the  niin  to  the  mill.  Jon  Blake  bot  the  big 
Numn  Mill  for  $1,500. 


ELEVENTH  LESSON 

Review  each  of  the  preceding  lessons  thoroughly. 

WRITING  EXERCISE 

Jon,  go  and  se  if  you  kan  not  get  Ned  to  give  you  mi  little  bukt  of 
milk;  he  wil  fin  it  on  the  shelf  bak  of  the  big  kol  stov  in  the  kitchn.  Wher 
has  the  man  gon  with  his  nu  bugy ;  it  is  tim  he  was  at  horn  ? 


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READING  EXERCISE 

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TWELFTH  LESSON 

Besides  the  main  vowel  jjositions,  A,  E,  I,  O,  and  U,  we  have  the 
diphthongs  or  double  vowels,  AU  and  AW  on  A  position;  OI  on  I  position; 
OU  and  0\V  on  O  position;  and  OO  on  U  position.  Th3  double  vowel 
positions  are  distinguished  from  the  single  vowel  positions  by  placing  a 
dot  by  the  natural  side  of  the  letter.  The  word  HOW  is  written  by  plac- 
ing II  on  O  position,  and  making  a  dot  by  the  side  of  the  H.  This  gives 
the  OW  sound  instead  of  the  O. 

The  word  "Be"  may  be  joined  to  a  preceding  word. 

When  two  R's  occur,  as  in  the  word  brother  or  order,  the  one  shading 
will  do  for  both  R's. 


WRITING  EXERCISE 

I  .saw  the  boi  go  into  the  hous  to  get  his  gun,  and  saw  him  shoot  the 
hawk  that  kaut  the  mous.  I  also  siiw  nim  shoot  the  kow  that  hukd 
the  boi.  I  think  the  law  shud  be  plid  to  nim.  He  neds  to  be  takn  down- 
I  will  ordr  mv  brothe~  to  see  bout  the  matr. 


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THIRTEENTH  LESSON 

A  hook  may  be  made  on  the  natural  side  of  a  letter  to  add  P,  and  a 
loop  to  add  B. 

A  short  straight  line  may  be  made  across  the  ending  of  a  character 
to  distinguish  an  abbreviation  or  an  initial.  'When  two  or  more  initials 
occur  in  a  name,  they  may  be  joined  together  and  a  short  line  made  across 
the  last  initial  only. 

WRITOTG  EX^-RCISE  ,^ 

Mr.  H.  L.  Hupr, 

Jopln,  Mo.  -, 

Der  Sr:  ^ 

Pies  ship  5  No.  8  stovs,  3  No.  2  lamps,  4  No.  14  lap  robs,  and  blig.. 

S.  Lob. 


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WRITING  EXERCISE 

Mr.  Slak  of  Dentn  has  hot  Mr.  Wik's  big  brik  hous,  and  has  also  pur- 
chsd  10  shars  of  stok  in  the  nu  oil  mil.  We  hop  Mr.  Slak  wil  sun  kom  to 
mak  his  hoiu  her.  We'l  be  glad  to  have  him  with  us.  We  ned  mor  such 
men  as  Mr.  Slak  to  bild  up  our  sity. 

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FOURTEENTH  LESSON 

A  dot  may  be  placed  before  a  character  for  COM,  CON,  COUN,  COR, 
or  COL.  A  dot  placed  after  a  character  adds  NG,  ING,  DING,  LING, 
or  THING.     Make  the  dot  heavy  to  add  the  plural. 

If  NG,  ING,  DING,  LING,  or  THING  occurs  in  the  body  of  a  word, 
it  may  be  indicated  by  disconnecting  the  following  syllable. 


(3. 


WRITING  EXERCISE        J 

Mr.  Peningtn  wen  to  Washingtn,  and  whil  hauling  somthing  he  nu 
not  what,  it  begn  flaming,  roring,  and  poping,  and  the  smok  wen  roling 
and  winding  in  the  air. 

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WRITING  EXERCISE 

Mis  Laning  has  gon  to  Washingtn  to  visit  frens.  Mis  Laning  is  a 
charming  yung  lady  and  maks  many  frens  wherevr  she  gos.  She  wil  visit 
the  Whit  Hous  whil  ther.  She  wil  also  go  to  a  No.  of  othr  leding  sitys 
before  koming  horn. 


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FIFTEENTH  LESSON 


WRITING  EXERCISE 


Nat,  give  me  mi  little  ho  and  let  me  hit  the  kat  whil  she  is  eting  that 
fat  met.  The  boi  kam  horn  from  skul  before  I  did,  and  when  he  saw  me 
he  ran  out  to  met  me,  Inking  as  tho  he  was  glad  to  se  me.  He  sed  hi? 
techr  v;as  going  to  the  branch  with  him  to  fish  lui  pjf^'i.  I  aj'ci  J  if  I  Hi 
go  and  bring  mi  big  blak  dog  to  kep  the  kows  way. 


READING  EXERCISE 


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SIXTEENTH  LESSON 


Makp  a  small  circle  on  the  natural  side  of  a  character  at  it-s  b'^ginnim? 
fo.'  RE,  ana  on  the  unoatu.n.  sidt  ending  for  RY  lY,  i'Y.  n  iTV.  The 
tirst  letter  loUowmg  tht^  RK  si  en  sapuld  be  writtei;  on  posioion. 


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WRITING  EXERCISE 

Remembr  if  you  refus  to  resev  the  hors,  I  wil  report  you  to  the  manly 
reportr.     Pies  resev  the  hors  and  sen  reset  to  the  komity. 


It. 


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WRITING  EXERCIS''' 

Mr.  Fred  Read, 

Bearing,  Mo. 
Dear  Sir: 

We  have  just  received  your  report  of  the  reporter's  meeting,  and  will 
publish  it  in  our  next  paper.  We  are  glad  that  the  reporters  realize  the 
good  that  they  can  get  out  of  these  meetings.  We  will  be  pleased  to 
receive  reports  from  all  over  the  country  and  will  print  anything  on  that 
line. 

Hoping  to  hear  from  you  -again,  we  are, 

-*  Yours  truly, 


SEVENTEENTH   LESSON 


A  character  may  be  retraced  on  the  natural  side  to  add  ION,  TION, 
CIAN,  SIAN,  TIOUS,  CIOUS,  CEOUS.  SIOUS.  TIAL,  CIAL,  etc., 
and  on  the  unnatural  side  for  IVE  or  TIVE.  The  retracings  may  be 
lengthened  to  add  T,  D  or  TH,  and  diminished  16  add  L  or  LY. 
Other  characters  may  be  joined  to  the  retracings. 


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WRITING  EXERCISE 

The  marshal  was  postiv  in  his  motiv  for  slaping  the  fashionbl  felo  that 
livs  in  a  mansion.  You  shud  us  kaution  when  you  ar  at  the  station 
specialy  when  ther  is  a  tran  in  motion. 


WRITING  EXERCISE 

It  is  the  marshal's  fashion  to  arrest  all  men  found  in  the  jail  yard. 
He  cautioned  them,  but  they  would  not  pay  any  attention  to  him.  He 
puts  them  to  work  on  the  streets  through  the  fashionable  portion  of  the 
city.  These  men  have  to  work  from  six  o'clock  in  the  morning  till  seven 
in  the  evening.     By  this  the  streets  are  kept  in  good  condition. 


EIGHTEENTH  LESSON 

A  ^unute  M  is  used  on  the  end  of  a  jharacter  for  MENT. 

WRITING  EXERCISE 
Mr.  J.  F.Smith,  in'hisstatment,  did  notfavr  publik  sentment,     R.  R. 
Krus,  in  his  comment  on  the  tretment  of  the  statment  of  Dr.  S.  O.  Bel, 
of  Missouri,  favrd  the  sentment  spresd  by  Mr.  T.  C.  Sno. 


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WRITING  EXERCISE 

The  statement  made  by  Mr.  L.  F.  Carter  regarding  the  state  depart- 
ment was  ver\'  necessary  at  the  time,  as  the  appointment  of  a  new  board 
for  the  department  was  called  for.  There  seemed  to  be  no  other  way  out 
of  the  troubled  It  is  believed  that  Mr.  R.  D.  Cobb,  Mr,  E.  E.  H.  Brown, 
and  Mr.  E.  S.  Moore  will  be  appointed  on  the  board. 


NINETEENTH  LESSON 

WRITING  EXERCISE 

The  engine  holds  to  the  hard  steel  rail,  and  the  train  follows  its  noble 
master.  Are  we  not  like  the  train,  following  the  beaten  paths  of  our 
ancestors?  Do  we  not  act  from  reason  and  thought?  We  are  slow  tc 
exchau^e  the  forked  stick  for  the  stael  plow,  the  sickle  for  the  reaper,  the 
ox-cart  for  the  lightning  express.  We  act  as  our  parents  acted,  we  think 
as  our  parents  thought,  we  vote  as  our  parents  voted.  It  takes  a  hero«l* 
leave  the  beaten  paths  and  strike  out  acro.ss  uatlQiidfifi  fields. 

As  God's  reason  paints  the  vflowgr  and  the  sunset,  so  man's  reason 
must  bgautifxhis  life.  Not  only  must  reason  beautify  tljeliome  in  which 
the  family  lives,  but  it  must  beautify  the  soul  itself. 


TWENTIETH  LESSON 

Where  two  cr  more  common  worda  come  together,  they  may  be 
phrased  by  writing  the  first  word  in  full  on  position  and  joining  the  initial 
letter  of  the  next  word  to  it,  and  the  initial  of  the  next  word  to  this,  and 
so  on,  striking  a  short  straight  line  r.cross  the  last  initial  stroke. 

A  simple  and  familiar  phrase  or  •tentence  may  be  indicated  by  joining 
the  first  and  last  words  togi'ther  omitting  the  intervening  words  and 
striking  a  short,  curved  line  across  the  last  word. 


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WRITING  EXERCISE 

Mr.  C.  F.  Smith, 

St.  Lous,  Mo. 
per  Sr:  Yor  favr  of  the  12  to  han,  and  kontns  notd.     Kan   you   be 
■with,  us  on  or  bout  the  20?     If  you  wil  be  with  us  on  this  dat,  we  wil  in- 
'vois  the  guds  whil  al  of  us  ar  her.     It  is  our  am  to  be  redy  for  bisns  by 
the  25. 

Hoping  to  her  from  you  by  return  mal,  we  are. 

Yours  truly, 

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WRITING  EXERCISE 

Mr.  J.  T.  Byrne, 

Tyler,  Texas. 

Dear  Sir:  Can  you  refer  me  to  a  good  man  to  take  charge  of  a  book- 
keeping and  business  training  department?  Must  be  a  willing  worker 
and  a  good  penman.  Will  pay  a  good  salary  to  the  right  man.  Wish 
him  to  begin  work  May  first. 

You  will  confer  a  great  favor  by  addressing  the  writer  or  forwarding 
this  letter  to  the  party  to  whom  you  would  refer. 

Thanking  you  in  advance  for  the  favor  asked,  I  am, 

Yours  truly, 


BYRNE  SIMPLIFIED  SHORTHAND 


71 


TWENTY-FIRST  LESSON 


PREFIXES  AND  SIGNS 


Below  is  a  short  list  of  prefixes  and  the  signs  which  may  be  used  to 
repre.sent  thsm.  These  signs  should  be  written  so  as  to  directly  precede 
the  latter  part  of  the  word,  which  should  be  written  on  position.  The 
student  should  thoroughly  memorize  this  list.  If  some  prefix  with  a  long 
outline,  not  found  in  thi"  list,  occurs  often  in  your  work,  adopt  a  sign 
for  it. 


Sl'^n.  Prefix. 

a accom,  accoun. 

ad adminis. 

an ambi,  amphi. 

sr    circum. 

k concom,  concor. 

d discom-con-coun-cor. 

dis    di-ssatis. 

e equi,  equiv. 

en encom,  encoun. 

enr encour. 

g govern. 

h hipo,  hipot. 

in inac. 

ins    indis,  Indus. 

i    incom,  incoun,  incuni. 

ir    irrecon-co£. 


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Sign.       Prefix. 

m    ....  magnan-im. 

ms  .  .  .  .miscon.  ft 

n noncom-con . 

cm ....  omni-nip-nis-niv. 

p precon. 

q quad-ra-ri-ru. 

r    recon-com-cog-cor-cum-coun. 

si self,  self  con. 

s    sub,  subcom-con. 

st substan. 

tr trans,  transcon. 

un  ....  unac-com-coun. 
uns.  .  .  .undis.  . 
ur   ....  unrecom-con. 
us   ....  unsatis. 


WRITING  EXERCISE 


^.  F.  Sea&Co., 

Memphis,  Tenn. 
Gentlemen:  You  seem  to  misconstrue  our  statement    regarding  the 
circumference  of  the  large  wheel.     We  do  not  desire  to  discommode  you. 


22 


BYRNE  SIMPLIFIED  SHORTHAND 


but  if  you  can  spare  the  time  you  had  better  come  and  examine  the 
machine  carefully. 

Yours  truly, 


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TWENTY-SECOND  LESSON 


The  latter  part  of  a  word  may  be  written  by  using  the  character  rep- 
resenting the  initial  letter  or  sound  as  a  sign,  and  placing  it  close  to  the 
first  part  of  the  word,  without  regard  to  position,  as  shown  in  the  foUow- 
"ro-  sentences  and  illustrations. 


WRITING  EXERCISE 


I  took  the  responsi-bility  of  taking  the  comm-ittee  out  in  a  car-nage 
to  see  the  phono-graph  and  tele-graph  works.  Notice  the  sim-plicity  of 
our  couree  in  phil-osophy  and  physi-ology.  This  dia-gram  will  show  you 
how  we  man-age  it.  I  extend  my  accommo-dations  to  those  who  are  dis- 
posed to  accommo-date  others.     I  looked  over  the  congre-gation,  and 


15VRNE  SIMPLIFIED  SHORTHAND  23 


saw  the  adminis-trator  looking  as  tho  he  had  been  called  upon  to  adminis-ter 
in  the  preacher's  estate. 

^....\....Z  .,..., t...,l 

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TWENTY-THIRD  LESSON 


WRTTING  EXERCISE 

Mr.  H.  S.  Baker, 

Rome,  N.  Y. 
Dear  Sir.  In  replying  to  your  favor  of  recent  date  in  regard  to  bal- 
ance due  us  as  per  enclosed  statement,  we  beg  to  say  that  in  view  of  set- 
tling this  matter,  we  will  accept  75c.  for  the  balance  and  receipt  you  in  full. 
Trusting  that  this  will  be  satisfactory,  and  thanking  you  very  kindly 
*or  past  favors,  we  remain, 

Yours  very  truly. 


2}1  BYRNE  SIMPLIFIED   SHORTHAND 


i  WRITING  EXERCISE 

Mr.  Samuel  Brown, 

St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

Dear  Sir:  Come  down,  if  it  is  possible,  and  see  that  the  men  are  all 
with  you.  You  are  not  far  from  the  main  road,  so  do  not  miss  Mr.  Jones. 
He  will  not  be  here  if  you  do  not  bring  him.  Has  he  forgotten  his  friend 
who  ate  with  him  when  he  was  here  before? 

Have  you  decided  to  sell  your  farm?  If  so,  give  me  your  best  price, 
one  third  cash,  the  balance  in  two  equal  notes,  bearing  ten  per  cent 
interest,  one  due  in  one  year  and  the  other  in  two  years,  from  date  o' 
purchase. 

Hoping  to  have  the  pleasure  of  meeting  you  personally,  I  am. 

Yours  truly, 
Die.  D. 


it; 


BYTIN^  SIMPLIFIED  SHORTHANH  25  '^' 


TWENTY-FOURTH  LESSON  , 

Illustrations  of  the  use  ot  DreHx  and  suffix  signs.     Never  use  thew  i 
signs  unless  it  will  shorten  the  outline. 


r, 


select I.i per-vade. . . 

provoke ^ per-vert 

in-duct .\/ ''^ ad-vantage '/.... 

e-vict \y  ■  •  ■  sit-uate 

interupt yj. vexatious ^/y 

pro-bate ■/. ••>>>:•  •  rela-xation (O^.... 

pro-hibit .^- ' con-fliction - 

retribution. . .    ^. .  cor-rugate ^.., 

distribute /. dis-tinguish (y/ /    ...- 

up-brade \^ ..^'\\..  dis-tinguished .\.y  .^ 

prose-cute -^ , co-hesion .^ _^ 

dese-crate f) \S in-heril ^<.^ \/\. 

inrclude V) anni-bilate. //\ 

se-clude K dilate C^^jy- 

roan-date. . . .  .T/. ma-Iicious .^^.^ 

ante-date .if. . . .  elude \J-... 

rendition ^ pre-lude /Cv. ^. 


product esti-mate 

in-duce v/ ( promote .^  . . . 


discom-mode (._:_:   .  corn-motion 

de-duct .VV. corn-mute 


deducttoo. (C..,.di-inei)8iQiw   .   ..^.. . ir 

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pre-dict ft slg-nificant K 

magnified r:'rT^r!>^,per-niciou8 /\. . . 

in-fusion k^T^ con-tem-plate /r. 

'n-flate lr\  • .  .im-pulsive K/l". 

n-fractiOD v.<~> . .  .propulsion y, , 

ap-parttioD OO"  •  ade-quate /(.... 


vo-racious ■  -^ inadequate V,^ 

Te-roclous ''^-  •  •  un-queslioned \ yf 


^■^ un-question»ng. .  .-</ 

\<^.. . un-question S 

(.^. discriminate. .../.. 

in-scription K.Zi . .  .irrecog-nizable / V^. . 


de-scribe .^ \^.. . un-question \ y/ 

c\ 


de-scribes (.^. discriminate 


insti-tute W • discontented /. . 

v!  V 

ob-struct -Xi uncompli-mehtary. Jrr. 

ob-structed ^y^ transconti-aental  ^ 

ob-Gtructiou .N^* quadri     lo  .tl.  , I /.^^ 

demon-strate. ...([. magna     Tiitj . .  T~^ 

tcnop-tatioD /<< circurn-t     i.'a:     Jl . 

ad- vantage //. superana,^,at;oTj .  I  / 

desli-tution L/ conster-nathjn'. |->^ 

restl-tution .Q^ bypoc-risy -/•© 

magis-frate .  •  -y^ . .  ir  recognizable -^^^V 

en-thusiasm It/ amphibian //T. 


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reno-vate - . ele-vate  I/. 


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WRITING  EXERCISE 

I  will  undertake  to  give  you  some  information  regarding  the  conver- 
sations and  demonstrations  of  the  irrecognizable,  discontented  ..ftck*- 
genarian.  It  is  not  uncomplimentary  to  say  he  was  on  the  verge  of  super- 
annuation. He  led  a  hypocritical,  discontented  life,  and  had  no  ambi- 
tion or  aspirations  for  distinction  or  personal  remuneration.  His  limited 
education  was  inadequate  for  composition  that  would  attain  fa^ic  to  bo 
handed  down  to  future  generations.  He  once  made  a  speech  on  combi- 
nations, and  his  explanations  and  classifications  were  nothing  but  a  great 
conglomeration. 


SUGGESTIONS  FOR   PHRASING 

Any  one  of  the  following  characters  may  be  used  for  five  different 
phrase  signs,  by  placing  them  on  one  of  the  five  vowel  positions.  The 
letters  "H"  and  "A"  are  made  alike,  except  one  is  struck  vip  and  the 
other  down;  therefore,  when  this  character  is  used  as  a  sign,  it  may  be 
made  either  up  or  down  on  any  one  of  the  five  positions.  The  "B-P," 
"C-K,"  "D-Q,"  "E-S,"  and  "T-U"  characters  may  be  used  in  the  same 
manner;  also  F,  G,  I,  J,  L,  M,  N,  O,  R,  W,  and  X. 

Make  these  characters  conspicuous  as  a  phrase  sign  by  making  them 
a  little  longer  than  the  ordinary  character. 

In  court  reporting,  for  the  phrase,  "What  is  your  name,"  use  "X" 
on  "A"  position;  "Wliere  do  you  live,"  "L"  on  "I"  position;  "Are  you 
acquainted  with  defendant,"  "Q"  on  "A"  position;  "How  long  have 
you  known  him,"  "L"  on  "O"  position,  etc. 

If  the  stenographer  will  use  good  judgment  in  adopting  signs  for  fa- 
miliar phrases,  he  can  greatly  increase  his  speed.  Thoroughly  memorize 
a  phrase  before  using  it  in  important  work.  Do  not  try  to  introduce  too 
many  phrases  at  once,  but  keep  adding  a  new  or.e  from  time  to  time  as 
you  find  yourself  thoroughly  grounded  in  what  you  have  already  under- 
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